Kullyspell House - Flipbook - Page 47
In
1928 a group of Idaho pioneers and
historians set out to settle the queson of
just where Kullyspell House had been
located. Ironically, they used a blind man as
their guide.
An
aged Indian named Kali Too
remembered seeing the chimneys as a child.
Even though Kali Too had been blind for
many years he remembered the landscape
clearly. He told the group to go to a certain
point along the shore of Lake Pend Oreille.
From there, he told them to look for a big
rock that was shaped like a bear's paw. Sure
enough, when they got to the site there was
a rock that looked like a bear's paw. From
there the old Indian directed the par
inland. In just a few minutes a cheer went
up. They had found a pile of rocks that
might once have been the missing
chimneys.
Later
archaeological research proved it.
Kullyspell House--or what was le of it--had
been found. You might call it blind luck.
Information provided with permission of: Rick Just
The stones from the David Thompson
Kullyspell House Chimney
are still located on the property.
